I was in a relationship with a guy for a year. He's currently with a new girlfriend he left me for, completely heartbroken and so alone.
We were together only 6 weeks before we said I love you, he said it first.
He kept our relationship a secret from everyone apart from a couple of friends and unless he lied his mum knew too bur I only met 1 friend once.
He was the perfect boyfriend at the start, not romantic which suited me but he was sweet, caring and supportive. As was throughout the whole relationship. He claimed to have depression, which I'm or sure now was true and he was going through a lot of stress woth his ex fiance, who je also allegedly cheated on, which was the reason she left him. He talked about her every day but I supported him. She only left him 3 months before he met me and we started our relationship very quickly. 3 months into the relationship he told me that between his ex fiance leaving and meeting me, he had already been casually sleeping with another woman. It suddenly got to a point where he would only come and see me once a week amd turned up late, unless we had plans which was either rare or he cancelled them last minute and on occasions just didn't turn up. He'd disappear for weeks, once it was 5 weeks and stopped talking to me. He always said he couldn't commit to much time with me and it wasn't fair on me but he stayed with me and was always out with his friends. If I got upset, he'd either ignore me or kick off. 2 weeks before he left, we had a great night out, took photos together and were so happy, so I thought. A week later was the same. 3 days before he left he was texting me but not much, told.me he loved me and he'll be back with me before I know it, we even had plans. The next day he was meant to come over but kicked off at me over text for no reason, ignored me completely for 2 days and then told me over text it was over. I've done found out all his friends told another woman he was single and they started to date behind my back, now they're together evey single day and happy. She still claims he was single and I never existed. So while they're happy and he gets away with cheating and treating me like dirt, I'm completely broken, with no support network and ststruggling i sit alone every day and wonder what it was I did so wrong and why I wasn't good enough. I wonder if he was emotionally abusing me with the way he was and how he kept snapping at me and if he is a narcissist, or if I'm just overthinking and overreacting.
Saying I love you very early can be a warning sign, one I now know I should have noticed. However, it's not always that way. My ex clearly neber loved me and he said it for his own personal gain but for me it was very real. If you truly feel that you and he are in love then it's not too soon and I hope it works out for you both.